Microsoft's Windows 8 is here, but with no UK launch activities I was slightly dubious as to how many people would drag themselves to central London for Currys/PC World's launch event. So, just how many did?

Asus has unveiled about a dozen innovative Windows 8 machines and some UK prices at a press event in London last night, including touch-screen laptops, "transformers", the twin-screen Taichi, and a fold-flat all-in-one desktop.

Transport for London's data feed has returned and is now hosted on Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud product.On Monday Microsoft announced that Transport for London (TfL) had mounted its data feed on the Windows Azure platform.

Dell showed off a raft of new products in London yesterday, including the Inspiron Duo netbook/tablet, an all-in-one touch screen PC, an M101z netbook, and the latest Dell Streak mobile phone. One of Dell's staff also had a Venue Pro running Windows Phone 7.

Microsoft could do more to simplify its software licensing, according to the company's chief executive Steve Ballmer. Speaking at a Windows 7 event in London on Monday, he said that Microsoft's licence terms could be made clearer, but that any simplifications could result in extra costs for its customers.

ZDNet UK was at Microsoft's London HQ yesterday, listening to Steve Ballmer talk about Windows 7, Server 2008 R2 and matters appertaining. We weren't allowed to ask questions, although customers in the audience were.

Someone at Microsoft is secretly working for Apple. That’s the only possible explanation I can come up with for why they distributed an “Official Windows 7 Upgrade chart” that is riddled with errors and implies that upgrading to Windows 7 will be hideously complex. You might as well just throw up your hands now. Or you can see my remake of the chart, which fixes the mistakes and makes your choices much clearer.